AFiR-ARSC · Adaptive Retrieval-grounded Settlement

Every fragment moves at its own speed toward proof.

Policy illustration: grounding is signed inline; other fragments aggregate later. Signing, acknowledgment, preconfirmation, block inclusion and finality are separate.
T1 · RISE grounding statements signed inline; not chain finality T2 · FLOAT medium risk, aggregate signed off the main path T3 · SINK low risk, hash commitment with a separate deadline RAG query MERKLE AGGREGATE anchor proof separate
grounded event: rises, signed before it acts
medium risk: floats into a batch
low risk: deferred commitment
illustrated critical-path time 14 ms
modeled anchor cost per query $0.000002
policy grounding coverage 100%
Data handling. Client-side hashes and server-side text processing have different boundaries. Logging, storage and retention are endpoint-specific. See Privacy.